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VOLUME L ;. !' ' . . OXFORD, N. C. JULY 15, 1858: 'T : ::.H.;. NUMBER r' . i tm,. f. .il..inr u'iim. no full nf tra'tiVn ir m. f thoueh the old man. by earninsr a few pence t life to the damps of the river, ra isrited wl tlioi and coe'tio bcatr. arc from the toen of daily by wearing nets, was saved the feeling of an Attack ot rheumatic gottt, which rendered Dr. FrancU L. Hawk. Though ao eminently being altogether a burden on his child. ! him completely belplesa, by depriving him of diaTiBTruished at a lawyer, an orator, a historian There waj a nobleness in Blanche's conduct the use of his limbs. und, divine,, it is probably not $o generally towards her poor old father, that mounted likes " Here was an end at opce to all h)s remaining v. .n . r ;i n ti, Mnwa a brilliant utarahovn theordinnrv circumstancea sonrces of amusement and occupation it might IhlAU H hlldb IIC I C'JMdMJ m IWTWi v. . J 1 ; I t I cf roctry. The Blind Boy. . It was a blesMd tummer day, . 1 .The flower blootn'd the air, was mild Th little 1irJii poured forth their lay, AnJ cvtrj thing in nature smiled. . In pleasant thought I wander'd on 1 lienrath ih deep wood's ample shade, Till suddeiily I came upon ' TwoxhiUlrcn who had hither sray'd. Just at an aged birch trees foot A little, boy and girl reclined ; llii luind in hers sha kimlly put, And then I s:iw tha boy wad blind. The childrpiJtfnew not I 'was near, The tree conrealM me from their view Hut all (hey said I welt could hear, . And I could seo all they might do. 44 Hear Miry,n unid the poor blind boy ' " That little bird Vinjrs very long : H:J, do you see him in his joy, ,Aud ia he pretty as his song?'' 44 Yei, Kdword, yes," replied the maid, 44 1 nee tho bird on yonder tree," " The poor" boy sih'd, and gently said. . '-. 44 Sister, 1 wish that 1 could sec.' "' 44 The flowers," you are very fuir, " And bright (treen leaves are on the trees, And pretty bird are singing there How beautiful for one who sees 1 . ' " Yet I tho fragrant flowers can smell, And I caii kl the green leafs shade, And 1 rati hear the notes that swell I'rom thoH dea birds that God has made. j 4,S, si-tter, Ood to me is kind, Though sight, alas! he has not given lint tell nit;, are there any blind Among tho thildicu up in Leaven ?'' 4t No, dearest Edward, there all sec Hul why ask mo things so odd?" 44 Oh, Mnrv, Hh's so good to me, I thought I'd liko to look on God," . . j Kre long lliscnse Lis hand Lad laid " On that dear boy, so meek and mild ; His wldow'd mother wept and pray'd That God would spare her sightless child. lie felt hrr warm tears on his face, ' And srtid "Oh, never weep for me": I'm trying to a bright, bright place, Where Mary says 1 God shall sec' 44 And you'll bo there; dear Mary, too i Hut, mother, when you pot up there, Tell Fdward, mother,- that 'lis you Yo'i know I never saw you here." lie spoke no mre, but sweetly smiled, Until tho final blow was given 1- When God took up the poor blind child, And open'd first his eyes in heaven I of her condition. After preparinz her father's be said, to his yery animated existence j for he breakfast, at his lodgings opposite the stairs in was reduced to an automaton, movable only tha oiMv lialin to her hoaL sbia went down to at the Will and by the help of others. He had j a 1 . I i . - . . . A it at seven o'clock every morning, came home at noon to give the poor blind roan his dinner,; and then back io work for the rest of the day. Returning at its close to her1 humble ficarth, where cleanliness and comfort reigned, she would take out her old father for an hour's walk on the quay, and keep him merry by re counting all the gossip of the - boat; not for-' getting the attempts at flirtation carried on with herself by certain workmen in- a merino manu factory, whose pressing-machine immediately adjoined tho laundress s bark, and who never failed, in going to and fro twenty times a-day, to Uing passing compliments at ' the belle blanchi$$eitie (pretty laundress). The cheerful old man would re-echo the light-hearted laugh with which those tales were told; but following them up with the soberer counsels of cxperi enco over the closing meal of the day, then fall now not only to be dresged and fed like a new-born infant, but to be kept frojn brooding oyer his state of anticipated death by cheerful conversation, by newsi from the! armies, bj( words of consolation and reading iriore precious still,' in all which Blanche was ' fortunately an adept. The old man now remained in bed ti nine, when jilanche regularly left tne boat, toots him up, set him in his old arm-chajr, gave himi his breakfast, and snatching a cnistjof bread 'for herself, ran back to her' work till Hvo o'clock ;; then she might be" seen' climbing jup'the long steps, and running breathless with haste to ! cheer and comfort the old man with the meal of worthy women would forego her Bhare in this token of goodwill to the best and most respected of daughters. - ,:;.:.. W . Xt i Blanche, though affected and flattered, as may wetl he believed, by this novel sort o1 contribu tion, waa led, by a delicacy of feeling beyond her station, to seem rgnorant of it, till the addi- tional funds thus procured had enabled ber to eflVct the complete cure of her father, whom she then informed of the means by which it had been purchased, and eagerly led thej recruited invalid to reward, better than she could do, her generous companions, v r v : - i Amid the hand shakings and congratulations whieh marked this happy meeting, Victor, we maV be sure, was not behind-hand ; i only, he managed to whisper amid the general tide of joy, "Am I to be the only one you have not made happy to-day !' Too much agitated-to be able to answer, Blanche only held' the . faster by: her father's arm. . . , l .-:.-. ; .-. -.Among the laundresses of the barges fthere is a custom of choosing annually one of f their number, whom they style their queen, to pre side over their festivities, and decide disputed the-father.'thooghJIknoW.noV u6ufc lVcVmPare iiwim ine paternal influence, facU npt as physical but. an intellectual ph- for they cannot be separated without injury and nomeni-tbat the superiority of the mtrj-., jn- lossof power upon both sides. : V , tellectiwas tho result of the bright play f tf ; The;8oyereign of a mighty nation, however mother mind, leading her child'. fLrt of " ""-fTJ' goVer!- oughUnd flashing its own bright creates ment-thongh he possess an influence whicjh upoil its roused attenUon-in other words! that may sway the world, and raise up ard put down ft, motherha. been the counsellor of her child's kingdoms possesses not the moral power over intellect. -..j. j.. , . . ' . . . t ; , the heart and consdeWof Wpobrestchild fn I hWntion but one'ftprinciplef bunun his dominions, which the mother of that chd nature! displaying !the extent of the-'mother's possesses A man can. easily pass from he- influence over thetehar. vf .w neath i the influence of the mighty monarch- which lentitles her to the title of counsellor he can leave the land over wh,c he bears sway. She hU the powcrjof estahlbhing ia the child .n ,., power is gone, m so is ,t with the such abits as will proys of immense sbenrfit, influence of a mother. Her -child; may leave The mpiher.who commences in the days of jn his mother and his native Mand-may burst tsncy to induce het chfld always to d righto " : ?f P.f. poc,e refer all his actions, to a conscience whose mot- uuv,mc.uoi tear nom n.seart ; the co ds to i. Thine eye, O God, sees me," is; form "M.v" y"''0 ,v"c JUl,u arouna nim. Uisr such hav habita bnth t rM!.n. a , . J - w - points in the community. Mid-Lent the sea-, soo for appointing the queen of the boat, arriy edj and Blanche was duly elected ai the fete always given on the occasion. 4 The 'boat was gaily dressed up with ship's colours and a pro fusion of early spring flowers ; and all were as happy as possible. In England, on the occasion warm soup, so dear to a ; frenchman s heart, Uuwilling as she was to leave hiin, his tvery necessities kept her at Jwo.rk till, a! late hour when, with her hard won earnings In her hand, she would seek her infirm charge, and fall on a gently asleep amid the cares ind caresses of thouband device8 to amuse and fohsole1 him, the mot dutiful of daughters. I , n tin sleep stole at lengthon eyelids long strangers Three years-had rolled away since he to th,e USht day- f J; i - ' mother's death, and RInnefco. haniW i.no.rnsaL uno morning, on coming home as usual, ed between her occumtlon ahi h fi:it Blanclie found h ear invalid already up and pfany appointment like that with which Blanche duti.sat home, had found no1 leisure to listen pressed, and seated in his elbow-chair; and on was endowed, there would be no kind of cere- tota'es of love. There was, however, amon lnlu,ring to whom she was indebted tor, so n?ny, ana no ornaments wouia oe emmoyea; . . I nlin A nmiriiii'nA 4llM 1 .1 M. U i. t I Vft f J f ta A rt 11 Vlt fill wVl of Vl IP A 0111 BnwlnA Kot ll.e VOUnff mer no-dressers A la f fin hmiHsnmn ficaon.g a ouinoe, iuc viuiuaii, winm uiviieri- v.. fellow, named Victor, on who onen conntn- ous smile, said he was sworn to secrecy. But for thus despising a tasteful and joyons way of ance were written disDositiohslcorre,nondinr to'- hIs daughter was not 1W in learning that it performing a gracious and J.useful public act - V . . o l i t . " . ! - "il . I -rii'iL i it . 1 "fit. 1; 1 i those of his fair neighbor: whom, instead of was "er oeiromea, who, Happy thus t anti- Me mis as 11 may, me Darge oiine launoresses annoyinz with idle familiaritiek he gradual! v CIPale ner wishes and cares, had preyailed on was, aswe nave saia, gany aecoraiea, ana mere uis uiaaicr so vo aiier nis own oreaKiast nour, J uc ejcvica unitioiuoiiiai av iuc inataua- as to enable him to devote the greater part of it to this pioua office. Straight to her heart as this considerate kindness went, it fell short of what she experienced when, on cbming home some days after, she found her dear father not won upon, by respectable civility' towards her self, and still more by kind inquiries af:cr her good old f.ithcr. By degrees lie tpok npon him to watch the time when she might be toiling, heavily l.iden, ! up the fcteep slippery steps; and by coming just behind her, would slyly ease her of more of one of the irrcat public laundry establish ments (where ; the work began jon' the river ,is Jifterwards completed), he would leave her with me iiooviui saimauon. in w.nicn more was meant than met the ear, of, 44Good-by, Blanche, till we meet again." Such persevering attentions could hardly be lepaid with indifference; and Blanche was tion of Blanche: jWhat a happy moment it was for the good daughter how much more happy fof the aged father of such a daughter. Old Baymcnd, firmer on his limbs than ever, led on his blush- only up, but jn a medicated bath, administered Jn daughter, and had the welcome ofSce assign than half her burden. On partin at the door DV- YMor under the directions Ot a skillful led hiin of placing on her head the. rosy crown UUV'UI UC UUU Unf'Jgllk IU Vlild llie paiieul. Al ; p W1 WUltU UIO IICLUUUU UllgCIS' VUU1U sight of this, Blanche's tears flowed fast and r scarcely accomplish, After having called down freely; and seizing on . her -betrothed'a hands, on the head of the dutiful girl, ' whom he half which she held to her heart, . she exclaimed- smothered with kisses, the best5 blessings1 of 44 Nevcf can I repay what you haile done for heaven, he left her to receive the felicitations of her new subjects, among whom the j discon- siolate Victor was again heard to exclaim, 4 So I am" still to be the only one you wont make happy!" '. 1; iThe melancholy words proved too potent fo the softened feelings of Blanche's honest neigh me Nay, Blanche 'j "was the : gentle an swer, 4,:you have but to say one word, and the 1 debt is overpaid." dear Blanche? '! ' surely two of too kindly a nature to remain unmoved by them. lint while she Candidly acknowledged the im pression they had made on herj heart, and that it was one which he would carry to her grafe she with equal honesty declared that she could allow no attachment to another to come be tween her and . her devotedneSs to her blind father: 44 And hy bbould :t, was the young man's rejoinder us cm do more for his happiness than one. I lost my own father when a chijd, and it will le quite a pleasure to me to have some one I cari ! -I i call so. j In marrying me, you will only give the: old man the most dutiful of sons." , ij" Ah, but I should give myself a master, who would claim and engross the greatest part of my love, for I know. I should so love you Victor I And if we had a family,-the poor dear old man would come to have but the third place in my hearf, after having it all 1 to himself so long! lie would find it out, blind as he is, though he would never complain ; but it would make him miserable. No, no ; don't talk to me of marry ina as loner as he Hvpb nr ipmnt mo j niiu uctciuui, i - . r- witli the additional miifortunoof being very w,lh tnughora happiness hich Ihavequite poor and very idle. Anxious to correct all sui h eno"S,, 10 00 10 torego. JLet poof Blanche ful wrong impression, which tend to fpster national ni lne ta-l,i j0a na? EITen wr to perform ; and animoMiie, wt khall tell a little story respect That word! few but 'would have! spoken it backed, as the modest appeal was, by the plead ings of-the ally within jand the opjpnly avowed Blanche Raymond. a mkisias sroar. Every nation H)siccs pn judiccs respecting !t. peighbor. A prrjudiee is an opinion form ed without having in the first' placo acquired a sufllcient body of facts whereon to form a cor reel Judgment, llie rrench entertain some strarge prejudices respecting the English; they consider thm to be generally a coarse, over bearing, money-making, and sensual people,' without taste or delicacy of feeling. The Eng lish, with rqnal injustice and ignorance of facts, are h the habit of considering the French, universally, to be silly, frivolous, and deceitful, concurrence of old Raymond in the wish so dear I bbrs, particularly the one whose heart it was of to ooth. Let none despise the struggles of the most consequence to tquch; namely,! the mis poor working girl to withstand at nee a father trees of the laundry establishment, who, havin and a lover ! to Set at nought, for th. first time, i long had thoughts of retiring, freely offered her an authority never before disputed," and defy the business whenever 6he should be! able to le power of a love so deeply founded on gratf- i muster 5000 francs. iude! In spite of themall. filial datv still came i i 44 Oh !" cried Victor ."I have alreadv a fourth ff i conqueror. Blanche - summoned j all V the of it. and I'll enra?o mv master will advanf I - j ( i . . . i i t 7 o a j - -7, i energies of a truly heroic mind, to declare that the rest." "."' r ' " ' not even the happiness of belonging to I the" i l'It is not to bethought of;' it would i be a very best man she had ever heard- of in her debt we could never rep: life, could induce her to sacrifice the tender ties Blanche ; 44 we never sh her t father's infirmities I u'd so lartre a sura." of nature; The more ncreased, the more dependent . he come on ms daughter, v What to ing a young Frenchwoman, whoe character for industry, good sense, and benevolence, whilst no way singular in her own country, could rot be exceiU-d in ours. The name of our bumble heroine was Blanche Riymond, and her occupation was that f a washerwoman in one of the large barges which are moored, for the convenience of her class, within the margin of the Seine. At boats of this kind, all the laundry washing of Paris is performed the clear water of the river as it runs past, wifh a piece of soap, and a mallet to beat tho clothes, being the sole means of puri fication. The labor is . considerable, and the payment for it small, yet no women are more cheerful than these laundresses. Exposed at all seasons to perpetual' dimp, which saturates their garments, and prematurely stiffons their limbs, they still preserve their national vivacity, which flnda vent in many a song; and,, in a 'piritof cordial fellowship, sympathise with each other in prosperity "or adversity. Earn-, ing on an average little; more than two francs, or twentypence daily, they nevertheless agree to set akli rather morO than twopence out of that sum towards a fund for unforeseen calami ties, and, aWc all, to prevent any of their number, who may be laid aiiJe by illness, from being reduced to seek other relief. The greater part of them are married women with families. . Uhromantic as is the occupation of these women, yet Incidents occur among them, as in every otber class of society, however, humble, of the most interesting and pathetic kind.. This was well illustrated in the life of our heroine, Blanche Raymond. . Blanche was no more than twenty-three years of age, endowed with a fine : open smiling countenance, great strength, of body, and uncommon cleverness of hand. 'She bad lost her mother some lime before, and be , ing now the only stay of her old blind father! a ' superannuated laborer on the quay, she had to work- double tides for their.' joint support ; don t lure her by your honied words to forget her most sacred duty I " - ' ; Poor Blanche might well say she had enough to do to maintain her dutiful resolution, between ; the gentle importunities of her betrothed, and the general chorus of pleadings in his favor arnong ht-r sisterhood in the boat, whom Vic-; tor's good looks and good behaviour had con-: ycrted into stanch allies, and Who could . not conceive it possible to resist so handsome and so constant a lover. .Borne down by their homely remonstrances, which agreed but too well with her own internal feelings, ' Blanclie came at length to confc ss that if she had where withal, to set up a finishing establishment of her own, where she could preside over her business without losing sight of her father, "she would at once marry Victor. " But : the capital required for its fitting up was at least 5000 or 6000 francs, and where was such . a sum to be got, or how saved out of 'her scanty - wages Victor, however, caught eagerly at the promise, 'and never lost sight of the hope it held out of attaining his darling object. rt He was able to earn five francs a-day,!; and had laid by something; and the, master whom he had served for ten years, and who expressed a great regard for him, would perhaps advance part of tho sum. Then, again, the good women ; or the boat, - whose united; "yearly" deposits amounted to upwards of 9000 francs, kindly ex pressed their willinsrness to advance out of their savings the needful for the marriage of the two lovers. But Blanche, whilst overflowing With gratuuue ior me generour oner, persisted in her resolution hot to marry till their own joint earnings should enable ber to set up a laundry. - That she worked the' harder, 'and saved the harder to bring this about,-may easily be be. lieved. - Dutthe race is not always to the swift and the desired event was thrown; back by a new calamity, which well nigh dashed "her hopes to the groundv :, Her old father, who had been subjected for fifty years of '.a ; laborious Tls IUlginV; VVhal have yon there, husband!' 11 l'-rt. Coartlaad o ber thrifty and careful t;: - , 1 3 the latter passed iq the. opto door to rrive : j directions to a couple of porters who 1 & J j - set something oa the jaretnenl ia frcnt cf t'. house. , ' . -jf 4!JustwsIt a moment. -and til 1. I yoa. Here, Henry I John 1 hring It in here, ' and tl a" two "porters entered with a beautiful scfi, rear'. new.- ."- V- .Tv i - -. 1 Why, that it a btautj," huahand I , Ho kind yon aril V'r It's, second ' hand,' you perceive ; la t i hardly soiled no ons would know the CIi- What ll yoj, ence. : S ? 1 'It's just as good as nevr. give for it?' ; v - .. i Thai's thebest part of iC It ia a.. fpler ' ii.it- i ' L. " v j nius i iur 2 . 4 . . . "V er m&oao has resisted the inclination' to do V Wi ine meumgreDuRe or that tearful eye Butthe Uhat mother, Ids God and: his conscience 1 ?r " 7 assures him to be wrong, he has-made an at the stillness of the grave. She beinar dead yet I k v w - tuiiiuiiiiii in iiiui ni wiirm nnv vrn mm speaketh speaketh often in the hour when; he fitting! him for a noble and certain career and has strayed most widely from jhe pathofduty the glorious trinity, his; mother, his God and' -Zi.KV -speaketh often in. that lone ing hour, when his conscience,' will continue to guide him' while Unt none but God and a dead mother can make him life Iats. ' ' .P." ' '. '. -' ', .1' .-, ' bl'!": . f ; ! , f ; . V. Yei from the cradle-td the grave the mother '! wvi i 4 Guess again.? L4 Guess again.' iForty-Gvef. try again.' what, did you give for it,- dear ! ' ujutucr i v' counsel or oi ner cnua, is the i counsel or of hT hiU AV'.n .!., .i 3 ' . . I . ; -i:". . . . . ' . .... .. M.. ixiii nui irom ine aay wncn wun tottering steps he ran be ts'him in the future world we know not to her with all his little troubles and doubt, hut we do know that where "she has been suc- nia joys and his sorrows, until his eyes clos in ceessfiil in early winning her child to God and aeatli ana his spirit stands at the bar of God r w . --"ao vuuur yjr, ui rverjr. pnjrsi- spotted Irom the World, started him thnt Pkrlv 4 Why, only twenty dollars ! ;rWell, now, that-is a bargain.' ' Ain't it, though 7.11 takes me to get t!,s things cheap, continued the prudent llr. Court land, chuckling with delight - 4 Why, how in the r world did it go off sa cai constitution whien.Uod in his wisdom.hss in a career bv wbtd, -"Wi,.- i. ?. hAc u a 1 j - i - -. '.r. K"cn"5 unaerstanos norw to aq these things.' holds in 3 her hundti 4nH I ;.. t. 'j. n i. I i . T " I iirflfluirH in ucnvp i mirinrr mil nta .Titian.. ...... . I . . . . . MM VAI3K1IVC. SUV j A. wuuagcu lUdla It IIU I Ctrl VI, luit lerslands horw to do these things.' ' But how dij you manage it, dear t I thou!d were a great msny amonsr the. rest t:--- m uon i man vhn . i a . ......... ,.u ... iiv.u . vii vim in" uu ma cAisience. sue i Pives direfitinn to all thnsp -n'mnartla Ar.nni. I ilj i.fi .'... - . .. I - ". : - 7 . rrr- ."t"-- na u up ior Derseu mtgnty treasures -m that! Kir. tti anAW --. "4 1 ' nature which form the character. She holds noble f edeemed mind. As ahe beholds him here-J ' U Why TiuVee. there hearts, conscience. ' intellect aritt ' llip hahita nf I j. n !,:: J . . - .-- "I , J' , f , i" r -"T wun a ongnier crown uian others, other things there, and "an T,. ?iii1-r "I 4l V g h'g- "P d Deare8t the ihrt ', dirty carpels. Before the sale I pulled ot.c " J I ' 1 ?T Gd' niin f holiness ti carets and threwtbem npon the s .r.i;a 33 nfant anfi s wherdallare radiant-and this too through the good deaUf dust fell from them! and r: ale the mother dunng the period ofVinncyr and chdd. blessing of God and her exertions UOh, what sofa look fifty per cent, worse thari it ttXT hood, could I never exist were; the infant born wm be the memory of her anxhWan b-rV.ri - -t rJZ , with. aU its powers compie ecapaW,. of hears from those bright lips the sweet happened to be but few person, there ,nJ I immediate independent action. : Iler office is no sinecure - she has a severe and self-denying, scene through which .1 to pass she endures an anxjety and a care by night and by day, unceas ing and often most , fatiguing, but. they have their reward. Thy care: O Imother. are1 not JJl L .I.-".... . " .1 . ! oiuaj ucr ueart joyeu io near wnen on earth ,8ked the auctioneer to sell the sofa first, as I My own motherland sees that glorious 4eing, wanted to go, aDd would bid for it if it were as he fays his crown at the feet of Jesus, rfc sold then. ' Few persons hid freely at the cren- up and call her blessed.. ing of a sale. jOrigin of the American Flag1.' "What's bid for this splendid sof V he he- wasted every act of kindnesslwhicli maternal '' Speculations have often been indulged in .gl, . ' ' - - ' J ' V . , . , . arlection promptsTeach kind and gentle word, toutjthe origin-that fa" from whence came the j HI gte yoo Oeen doIlafSTr it xi:d If, each rare and effilrt. bind .h wn henVt to Mea oT the stars and stripes compo.ins our na- " f not worth more than Jhafor u's dread- thy little one, and binds thatlyoung heart to tionall flag-"V Whoever has an .opportunity of t,'iU9ed' thypelf. ; Thou art teaching it to love,1 and. call- "luairaieu ueuigree oi ine vasti- ing into action the exercise of gratitude. Thou '"S10 family, will be struck with the' kka in art, in one word, giving heart), affection to thy I onfenl mat tne, coat of arms of Washlng- child.' 'And if in addition to this" silent, ever ongo ing instruction, the' mother shall seek to culti vate the affections of. her: child bv rebiikin-i ' i ' "... i : ci every: malignant feeling, and finding proper ex ercise for those affections, and if she urge the Fifteen dollars I fifteen dollirsl only LUci dollars for this beautiful sofa 1-' be went c:i; and a man next to "me bid '.seventeen dvllrs. I let the auctioneer cry the last bid f r a f.vr minutes, 'until 1 saw he was Kkely ta kr.c .'x it down., V.- -. .'"!-' ' .. . Twenty dollars! ' said 1, 4znd that's as rncch J tii it ' t ton furnished the flag of the cquntry wlnqfi h ia generalship made independent of the flag of St. George, and" entitled io wear one of her own. The pedigrce of Gen. Washington.' traced Wd' illuminated by Mr' Gwilt Maple'sonl carrlea Itlcli ot ': his descent to; William do Tlerthurn ImtA of I I ' The other bidder was deceived by this as . r t m- - ...i.. .. ,. - .., -. r iL r t .t.- . duty and seek to call forth thelove of her child -h . anor oi Washington, in tie County of 1 u,e " T4UUC l BflI r u c a ,5Clt toward the Father who i in heaven an'dt the Oarh England, From him descended John aaaiuuy aisngurea oj tneaost ana dirt, in J . . ,s . w,ti,0irft a vf.:rAf;..,i': . r T -l i conseauentiy the sofa was knocked r.frt-v t-n ..o....,p.vii, ... .i iiiivu.Lu, m lUB.uuie ui UK'a . , f .. ; :. " w and ninth iu descent from the' sid; lu.w8 dmirably done, Indeed I ' e-.il Georffe. the first President ,f the I ai". youniana, wua a Diana emuo CI ...ac- ui ui ; , it wuuiu i u : lovvaru uie j? aiuer wuo i. nMieaven, ana ine ay, " cried the 'upright Saviour who ,for her child's sake hfmself.be. Washington quid be able, to make came a child, she i ill v find that not ; only has '.? ' " 1 ' she won the vounir heart to herself. butshe''has John,iwa3 . I'44 Pardon, mademoiselle," replied an ! elderly j given a stamp and character to that heart, wliich I P"!,te f States, . The mother of John -Wshliig-" roa " haTin1ff !obt'ncl lht ecant I ieco of grated 'to Virginia in i657.7ud fniture at so cheap a rate.. 'And it's to near grand-mother to the General, J .i . CD . in WI 10 CQr rrcrt rarl-r- incs. crand-daushtcr to Fra'a- v.Uh'3 scene occurred. at, the residence cf a would be her was a gentleman of venerable appearance, who had, no clime, no. oger nO future training cari oblite- I ?n wt . eni1 pleasure, could, she argued,. to hiin be only a unobserved, mingled as a spectator j in the rate Ti The heart thus tauuht to beat arirrht. ho r1'8 Srcat burdensome and painful task ; in a! word, her scene, you will now have the means of paving and true by the' mothers' heart, will ever Wer "was Jeanor Hast resolution was not to be shaken. Victor was it with the prize of 5000 francs left for the' re- the mother's counsels. 1 Yes, she remains thro tlienfore obliged to submit even when (from ward of virtue in humble life by the jlate M. J life, the counsellor of her child's heart. f a delicacy which would but incur obligations on Uouthyon, and awatded' to yoit by the, French Slie is idso the counsel lor "of her child's conr which claims might be founded, tod difficult, if I Academy, at the representations of the mayor science! .Conscience is Indeed an innate power not impossible, to resist) Blanche insisted on of the eighth arrondissement i of Paris. The of the, raincl, and when treason exists and acts, detrayittg, from her own resources, the expense mayor, it is pleasing to know, has became ac- there will she exist and act but the infant can- of the medicated baths, thus nuttins ' more o.uainted with vour excellent filial devotion from 1 not mion': and mmM to - the mnihur. Itiirtil hopelessly far off than ever the loW-deferred I the laundresses' of the citv now assembled."' knnwinfr neither Vood nor evil, hml hia finii i-ule A shefut of joy hurst . from all around ; and and guide of conscience his mothers eye and r of Salisbury, Plahtagnet, Scotland, . Mor j P'fre .4 PP w ner eyes were v.: - tly She had not the heart; ho. vever to deny ihat wnich followed, may beleftto the imagina- I word her smile and frown. She is truly for tim0r. Ea" of March, Is evil. Montagu,, Beau. I nx,ea . 00 "..con'O. mail' perceived tr.at Victor ti e privilege of puttimr. the patient into tl0n- 11 wdl snni.ee to state .that? Blanche, the first year of his life, the conscience f , her .t'namp t'eveienx.f ine pedigree whwhisfull the healing waters, which 'seemed daily to miti gate his pains, and lend his limbs more affilitv. While her father was at the worst. Blanche had wl"le her surrounding companions derived ef they nre to. much "stronger and wise than been obliged altogether to forego tho river, and m thelesson, that the filial piety s :j decid- he if, that the-idea' never crosses his mind that obtain from her employer1 permission to -'do eQlJ inculcated and rewarded by Heaven,; and they can err or be:mistakeh. f Hence what1 the equally admirable in its, effects in the cottage mother decides to be right or wrng", the child and the palace, does not always gosfenreward- receives as truth. Now jf she regulate all her cis, second Earl, IlnnUngton? , Shewas tb jdfer mcl;cjant in beg!ncirj to pcendint, through jUdy Huntington, of George, c?unl nw n,l7-w?(n( loci en tie Duke pf Clarence; brother of King Edward IV., f h C and King Richard lllty Isabel vil,"cUngh. . the day previous to this sale, a wiijw ter and heiress of Richard. Earl of TTarV-L ldy wiOi one daughter, a beautifll and inter- .' the" kingmaker. I Wash'inetoiu. Ithereforel ; 4inff abo seyentee'h. were s:it:l ci a well as the , descendanta of that, marriage, are I ""5 ,u,?'r) rniwiea parior m i . : ,oa entitled to quarter jthearms of Hastings Pole, I 8lr65t ?WUer.Iield ia her haul a nalj pioyerr permission what she could in the way of her jvocation at home." ; But when," on his amendment, she re sumed her out-of-door 'labor, a clicumstance occurred, so very honorable to the class of workwomen we are commemoralinjr, "to1 their, mutual attachment, and honest feelings of be nevolence, that to leave it untold would be doing them and the subject great injustice. ' - . ... ' .-. i - With the motives for enhanced industry which ed oh. earth. His , Mother was his Counsellor. X Lbt m. s. mcttojt, d.b. decisions as to right aud wrong: by the Word of 1 j God, as her child advances in life and becomes capable of reason' he' feees that' she was: right', i. u . I i tacuji v'Jiiiva ii uuiy io 1119 uiuiucr He also walked in the ways of the house of tii,hr VrTh ha hi.r-irivtritiohi fminin- Ahab, for his mother was his counsellor to do i " T " . - ... ,-,- -., - r , wickedly."2 Chron; xxu: 3. m .1 U:M , ; j and example, has tten. the. law of God on These words are recorded coneefniei Ahah- her 5lla 8 Conscience, and msde Jehovah ;th guide ' of her child s footsteps througfi life, in 1 ; crimes:? were so great, that God didnot every instance in which he allows conscience to jw him to retain the .kingdom beyond a sin- sPea' ;; . - . ... ? .- - - ' '. : ".. -!,. ; . ryeaRS:?.'. y?7'-X?& 4 ;:ft-n nwhyimpOrtany.particularsi the jmpthcr Blanche had to spar her on, that. she should be ziah, One of-the kings of Judah, whose idolatry first at the opening of ibe boat, with' her daily aind ; t load of allotted labour, will be little .matter of allow surprise ; of that herffood-iiatured companions; "ele ti knowing, the necessity far exertion on her part", j if The bodily pain w"hieb his father had endur- ! may be considered the counsellor of her child's should abstain from wasting her precious time j ed on account of his sins, and the manifest dis- j intellect. Intellect is more entirely aj nature vj any of their little tricks, and "gossip. But pleasure of God robbing him of peace and "-qui-! f gift, ' than either . the heart or, the conscience one morning,; v when, from herVfather ' having I et, would'we might ' naturally suppose, have J here natrebasdisplaveii a deficiency in this Iman . 1 1 nil nif.hl .U I. . .J 1 .. i .... 1 - ' 1 . T I . 1 . - . I 1. 1 AnnA A..nnf.. Si 17... . uvu u uii mgui, one nail .uiiveu iv " i lnaucea nis son -at least io pause in ,ine same rie.pi"v--iai;.iiMiii oujij ii..,uuti.ye mu Osaally late,' and bad -consequently, when the fcf.nen-if not to forsake, the 'destructave path I reuiember that the intellect is as feeble in i hour of noon struck, left the greaterpart of her which he "saw , led to such sad resultsu- But j fahcyj as the hand oi, the foot and requires to night .1 thereVaa a. moTft rjowerfuf influence exertpd be trained and exercised. Who does not know to Jure himon in the steps of his guilty parents 1 that the cohscienee aind the heart operate with and the mariner in which it is mentioned indi-1 great power in giving direction; to the;inte'lct task (which had often detained, her till set in) uhfinrshed it, was nevertheless acom-, plished, as if by inagic within the usual time, and her day's earnings,, instead of being dimin lehprt rather inereasert." 1 - . i - . T "t. .cates its power.!. .The sacred record .declares, jand in quickening its powers of perception? His" mother's name also was Athaiiah,' the f Who does not snow that the nature or the sub daughter Jf Qmri and she "was" his counsellor. "(jects which occupy Tjlie mind affwet and modify worthy of notice how careful the sa- -he powers of that inind?;i vJ ! ; i ; ' . .Next day, and the next, their amount was ii . - i:it .1 .. i - . i I n ,i Line same, vin uiq ;iiuui giri, suapeciiug ui i ii imi!u woriujr yi iutu .vurciui me a- i . r?;'v " X j." - "'' I ' ' j i i i i- what she owed so unforeseen a result, and eon- j cred historian is to inform nsJthat this.mpther I i;there are two, facts which haye forced them. cealirig herself behind the parapet of the quay, j was of the! wicjked bouse of .Ahab, thus draw-1 seWesupon the notice in aTl.agesaad 'which ascertained, by ocular demonstration, that, durr- ing her" necessary absence, her place.at the river family line, r ' - MA'mi&i 4 "? ten been j-emarkedlhat. the children of men of f; ) There, is no earthly influence which in moral I great 4etellect. seldom show,the .same, menta power. can be compared with that "of a mother, i powers as their fathers. Jt has also i ben no was regularly occupied by one or. other of her neighbors, who took it,in tnrn to. give .up the hour of rest, that poorvBIan,cheinightJ be no loser by her filial duty, las.; no and - accurate in "regard to. dates, giycsv-a'it were, an epitome of the history of the family. It is surrounded by a border, ornamented by the shields of arms, .implanted by different an cestors in right of their wives, as well aas'me of lhe-quarterings borne by theirr'decehdarits. The coat of arms of tlie first John' Washington was composed of three stars and three 'stripe. which t form a part, of all ' heraldic bearings of the family ; ever.-inee.V. George' Washington was entitled to Use Jus ensign upon a flag in the army which he commanded; and in adproba biliiy the firnt one 1 ever made in America Wa eomposed ;X)f - three stars' and : three-, strtpes; which those who were verged in heraldry would 4tt once recoenise as the DroDcr color of ih vvuiuiuucMipyuici oi ,u j-keviiiuiionary ar- The VJ.I ia. know, for '.;..rs, aixi ' r I, ,. -.not ::i it will 1 L . . ... sne saw noi ine cnaracters that wcro wriiu.i npon:it.;;.f - .j. What is to be done, ma V at length sc'd the daughter. -: :v - Indeed, my chiUV I cannot tell, fifty dollars, and lias been due, j oo several days.'," I havtnt got five d your bill for teaching the Miss Leon: be presented for two weeks, and t!; not amount to this sum." . gested the daughter. r.'4 .';;- We have sold all our plate and jswerr, and now I'm sore I don't know what we can dis pose of, unless U be something tlst we really want.'- - -r . v. ; :,'.' ?-4 What do yon any to selling tl.e 'sofa, ma ! r. WelU I don'e . know Florence. .It don't 1 SL. i ... .. my Htie flagrWas!ungton.' In' timefte n wpars wua k.. untxe-s; 3 we can other, stars- were added and the.' fl g of Wasl d without it. : 1 .;: ingtbnj Cecatnetlie flag of the thirteen' Uniu-d 11 rea7 Wng fifty dollar?, Irr: ,ef Colonies While iiidividuals kill Uve wh mipHt J -erti',,-v' It is of tlie best wood t : r ' imieHt.' have'feen the firit; Washington stahdard tin- ,nnf,,Pi.- nd '. cost one ' hnndrt i i-1 f. furlcd,jor bo;helped to swell the shohf" tri.ii' h'' Vour fct her bought it a i ' :t t went op to lleaven;when tlie tlurteen'slarsfirsi fu.re ied, and that is less t' i i I . o ; spread. to the breeze over the thirteen"TJnircd P8 foa hnow.'.; 1 r, v.- states-oenoid! the ngares are transposod--. ' nnouia ibins it:wonld brirg thirfeeh has- changed to thrty-two.-a tenfold .niuidrcd dollars, said FIoren ce. multiplic.ty fronv.'the origfn of the flJg;' and "g 0t nction sacrifices . 't.r.1 feW aVe' aware, asj they nncover' the'head to' IVCU enough; besidos paying honof llhe V'name 'of Washfngtori.'and; send hp nCto keep us comfortably ::: khout- after shout as the rtars and stripes are beeoroe due.? t-';.;f ' f unfurledto iheJze that the ag thej adore ' Th ftrno a 8oC,; v isthe g:ig of.tnam'e'Uie next after nooe llorenec We'rdo ' sars and atrlpeflofj the "arms and.;-etandard of 'reeire the money for it. Washington. 44 Our'fla till ther aid r ' Hare you 'eoW that sofa yl, s mder is still here, inl our I.V(mM E,rI io " teir hesiiating v - :. 3 - the nmetf its - founder hearts-t-sn "the heart of all the people, of the thirtyone United States, over whofni nnlil the name & forgotten,' may no ' other flag ever wave, man toe stars ana stripes of Washing-'' t.one of; those I It is superior in many, respects even to that of ticed that men of bright - inteHectsJ havevpos-1 ton. 1 . .. X TV 1. 1 . . . . - " "oia, vsei ; asked t steadifyin tm face with tc' " t The sofa sent by Mrs. - Wben- was it to have been a mm .Jl ester day. rsir '1: -IV
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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